NYC 2009: Day 2 cont.

While we were in the Asian art wing Kate received a call from her friend Jeff who we were going to have a late lunch with later. We were to meet Jeff at a nearby Barnes and Noble at 3:00 pm. This meant we had to leave the Met at approximately 2:30 pm. We had about 40 minutes to walk around before getting our coats.

Kate had wanted to find a painting that she had seen over Thanksgiving when she visited and we spent some time trying to track it down. During this period we stumbled upon many different exhibits which we quickly took in. A hall of arms, a relocated Egyptian tomb, and the impressive courtyard entrance to "The American Wing".

We thought we would probably return on Wednesday to take a bit more of the museum, so in a sense we were also conducting a little bit of reconnaissance.

When we left the museum it was still bitterly cold (surprise surprise) and we struggled down the wind tunnels that are Manhattan streets. We waited inside the bookstore entrance for Jeff and he arrived promptly at 3:00 pm.

To be continued.....